drubbing

Who acts: drubbing, naughty boy, cat, losing team · What happens: be, give, mean, crush, get, lose · To what, where: hard beating, crushing defeat, drubbing, sound drubbing, fox, terrible drubbing

«drubbing» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: drubbing in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A drubbing is a hard beating, given as a punishment or in a fight.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 drubbing	det
2	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beating	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 beating	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 beating	det
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beating	amod
6	beating	beating	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 given	punct
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 beating	acl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 punishment	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 punishment	det
11	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 fight	cc
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 fight	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fight	det
15	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 punishment	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 beating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a drubbing	a hard beating					tree rules
2	give	participle		a hard beating not said here				as a punishment or a fight	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A drubbing can mean a crushing defeat in a contest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 drubbing	det
2	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 defeat	det
6	crushing	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 defeat	amod
7	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 contest	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 contest	det
10	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 defeat	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	a drubbing	a crushing defeat				in a contest	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot defeat=Theme in contest=Attribute
2	crush	gerund							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 1

The naughty boy got a drubbing from his angry father.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drubbing	det
6	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 father	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 father	nmod:poss
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 father	amod
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the naughty boy	a drubbing				from boy's angry father	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent drubbing=Theme from father=Source

Example 2

The cat gave the fox a sound drubbing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 drubbing	det
7	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drubbing	compound
8	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the cat	a sound drubbing	the fox				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient drubbing=Theme

Example 3

After the match, the losing team had a terrible drubbing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 match	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 match	det
3	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 match	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
6	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 team	amod
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 drubbing	det
10	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 drubbing	amod
11	drubbing	drubbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	the losing team	a terrible drubbing			after the match		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drubbing=Patient

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